1. لم يَبقَ للحزنِ لي صبرٌ وَلاَ جَلَدُ

    وَلاَ دموعٌ تَفي لي حقَّ مَن فقدُوا

    No patience remains to me for grief, nor fortitude,

    Nor tears enough to pay those lost to me their due.

  2. وَضاقَ صَدرِي ممَّا قد تَرَاكم من

    حزني ولم يبقَ لي للإحتمَال يدُ

    And my breast is constricted by all that has amassed of

    My grief; no strength remains in me to endure.

  3. بينا يُضمَّدُ لي جرحٌ لفقد أخٍ

    يجدّدُ البينُ جرحاً ليسَ ينضَمدُ

    While my wound for the loss of a brother is being dressed,

    Parting renews a wound that will not heal.

  4. أَخنى الزمانُ علَينا مثل عادتهِ

    واغتال مَن هو ركنُ البيت والسَنَدُ

    Time has wrought ruin upon us, as is its custom,

    And slain the one who was the house's pillar and mainstay.

  5. مَضَى الشقيقُ فشقَّ القلب مصرَعُهُ

    وخلَّف النار في الأحشآءِ تتَّقدُ

    My brother has passed; his death has torn my heart,

    And left fire blazing in my entrails.

  6. فارقتَني يا شقيقَ الروح مُبتعِداً

    فما حَياتي وعني أَنتَ مُبتعدُ

    You have left me, O brother of my soul, gone far away;

    So what is my life, when you are far from me?

  7. يا قائلَ القول ما زلَّت بهِ كلمٌ

    وصاحبَ الرأي حقَّا ليس يُنتَقدُ

    O speaker, in whose speech no word ever faltered,

    And master of judgment truly beyond reproach,

  8. تسيرُ في إِثرهِ الأَفهامُ قاصدةً

    موَاقعَ الحقّ حيث الصدقُ والرشَدُ

    Minds follow in its wake, seeking

    The places of truth, where truthfulness and sound judgment dwell.

  9. مُنشي الفُصُول التي ما خطَّها قَلَمٌ

    ربُّ البَيانِ الذي لم يحوِهِ أَحدُ

    Author of chapters that no other pen has written,

    Master of eloquence that no one else has possessed.

  10. قولٌ يسدّدهُ علمٌ يؤَيّدهُ

    حكمٌ على رأيهِ الآرآءُ تعتمِدُ

    Speech guided by knowledge, supported by

    Wisdom; all opinions rely upon his judgment.

  11. وكوكبُ الشرق ما تخبو لهُ لمعٌ

    وإن خَبت فالضيا في إثرها مَدَدُ

    And the star of the East, whose flashes never fade,

    And if they fade, fresh light comes in their wake.

  12. بما نَشرتَ لسان العربِ مُعتصمٌ

    وَمَا نَظَمتَ لسان العرب مُعتَضد

    Through what you published, the Arabs' tongue finds shelter,

    And through what you composed in verse, the Arabs' tongue gains strength.

  13. أَعطَى بنوهُ يراعاً منكَ امرَهُم

    فأيَّما نُجعَةً أَورَدتهُم ورَدُوا

    Its sons entrusted their affairs to your reed pen;

    So to whatever pasture you led them, they came.

  14. فضلٌ سَيبقَى بقآءَ الدهر مُتَّصلاً

    عليكَ لا يَنقَضي أو يَنقَضي الابَدُ

    Merit will endure as long as time, remaining

    Yours, never ending unless eternity itself ends.

  15. أَضحَى بهِ لا ينالُ الموتُ رفعَتهُ

    حيَّا أكادُ أَراهُ حيثُ أَفتَقدُ

    Through it he has become—death cannot touch his eminence—

    Alive; I almost see him wherever I miss him.

  16. لئن تكُن كِمدَت منهُ محَاسنُهُ

    فليس يغشى سَنَا أَقوَالهِ كَمدُ

    Even if the beauties of his person have dimmed,

    Yet no gloom shrouds the radiance of his words.

  17. والليلُ لم يخفِ وجه الشمس لامعةٌ

    فالشمسُ في كلّ نجمٍ في العُلَى تَقِدُ

    And night has not hidden the sun's radiant face;

    For the sun burns in every star on high.

  18. يا صخرُ بنتُ الشريد اليوم مُنتَشرٌ

    لها عليكَ قَوَافٍ في الورَى شُرُدُ

    O Sakhr, today there circulate, from the daughter of al-Sharid,

    Far-ranging rhymes about you among humankind.

  19. هَيهاتِ ما فَقَدت صُخري وَلا نَظَمت

    دَمعي ولاَ وَجَدَت خنسآءُ ما أَجِدُ

    Far from it! She did not lose my Sakhr, nor string

    My tears, nor did Khansa feel what I feel.

  20. بَكَت وحيداً وأبكي ستةً ذَهبوا

    لكلّ مَحمَدةٍ بينَ الوَرَى وُلِدُوا

    She wept for one, and I weep for six who are gone,

    Born for every praiseworthy deed among humankind.

  21. يا رحمةَ الله حلّي في مضَاجِعهم

    ويَا غمائم جُودي حيثُما رَقَدوا

    O mercy of God, dwell in their resting places,

    And O clouds, pour freely wherever they lie asleep.